Wanted to let you all know that I didn't abandon this journey. I just abandoned the thread. During my cruise I got to experience the world and gain a new perspective what I am doing, my goals, and how I plan to get there. Since being back I have gotten involved with so many new projects and I now find myself busy, day in and day out.
I'm going to hit my goal this year and I might even surpass it (knock on wood)
I've learned a few things along the way, hopefully I can share my insights in the next few days.
I might start another journey thread that will simply serve as a log for one my projects, similar to the way Sherbert Hoover has his journey thread set up to track statistics.